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- EIN 53-0204692
- (202) 363-1333
- 5901 Utah Ave NW Washington DC 20015 USA
- www.eccofdc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Counseling, Education, Literacy, Mental Health, Remedial Reading & Encouragement, Special Education
Mission: The Episcopal Center for Children (Center) is a nonprofit, nondenominational school and treatment program for children contending with emotional challenges from the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Accredited by the Joint Commission, the Center serves children who are 5-14 years old in grades K-8. The goal of the Center’s treatment, therapeutic milieu, and individualized special education program is to empower each child to function productively within his or her family and community. Building on strengths within children, the Center partners with families in treatment and focuses on enabling its students to access and become their best possible selves.
Results: It is incredible to see how our students make progress on their Individual Education Plans (IEPs). Since 1894, we have assisted thousands of children with emotional challenges, and their families, in the Washington, DC area. Many of these children have returned to public school classrooms and been mainstreamed, and others have graduated from college and/or are working in careers and have families. One parent said in 2016:"As a former parent I can say I was extremely pleased with the school's approach to education and auxiliary counseling services. It is a caring and involved community that puts the individual child at the center of all efforts. Although they have a robust structure that may not be wildly popular with the children during their elementary years, the rules and structure are necessary for future academic success with the special needs population served. My child thrived with the structure and individualized approach to education, and is now a successful college student. That success is due in part to the extent of academic and emotional preparation in the elementary years spent at the Episcopal Center for Children. My child was pleased with the education and environment as well, and plans to volunteer at the school as an adult. In addition to academics and emotional support, I appreciated the family style lunches designed to impart interactional training and I loved the art and music therapy that did wonders with a child not so inclined previously."
Target demographics: children ages 5-14 in grades K-8 coping with emotional challenges, special needs
Direct beneficiaries per year: 60 students and served school districts in DC, MD and VA
Geographic areas served: special education, mental health treatment
Programs: treatment, therapeutic milieu, and individualized special education program